----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Guzis via cctalk" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> To: "Paul Koning" <paulkon...@comcast.net>; "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2017 11:29 AM Subject: Re: formatting MFM drives on a IBM PC
> On 09/29/2017 06:07 AM, Paul Koning wrote: > >> There are chips that convert between serial and parallel ATA; one of >> those could perhaps be used. I'm more used to applying them for >> attaching a serial ATA controller to a parallel ATA drive, but >> possibly they might work in the other direction as well. Not clear >> if they are still common products, given that parallel ATA is pretty >> old, but they may still be available. > > Oh, I've got a pile of such converters--workability is variable. > > What I was saying is that I've never seen an ISA interface card to a > SATA drive. Have you? > > --Chuck ---------- Well, I haven't seen an IDE interface card to a PATA drive either for quite a while since they started integrating everything into the motherboard but OK, I'll grant you that you'd probably need a PATA>SATA adapter if you wanted to Attach a SATA drive to a genooine IBM AT. Sigh... ;-) m
